Trauma
Trauma
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
eif999 reviewedMarch 9, 2025
Th House on Straw Hill, Expose, Trauma are some of the names for this English countryside 70’s nasty.
It’s pretty tame by today’s standards and quite a comfy watch for a Sunday morning. I mean it is trashy but fun. Udo Kier looks like Terrance Stamp on a good day and he’s a writer in a movie that can’t seem to get going on his second novel. That hoary chestnut is peppered with soft core elements including a nympho assistant that is always going off to rub one out… and maybe murder! There’s a bit of a love triangle with an even sluttier red head competes for Udo’s affection. Udo Kier wears rubber gloves when he beds his women which should be a red flag.
Kier’s dub is horrible and it makes his performance less than convincing which is not his fault. He plays on of those proper Brits that wear 2 of his 3 piece suit everyday in the country. If he was American he’d be in a T shirt and sliders.
A fine watch with some warm coffee on a chilly spring morning.